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Asked why she thinks so many people are drawn to the “John Keats and Fanny Brawne” exhibit, Coles said, “Love letters are things people respond to. They’re more accessible...
...lock of Brawne’s hair, a silhouette of her shapely figure, and other intimate artifacts commemorate a relationship that was only revealed to the public long after both had passed away. So few items remain of their love affair that there are no extant records of Brawne’s correspondence. A romantic until his death, Keats was buried with his letters from Brawne, leaving fans and researchers to only speculate about her role in the relationship...
Researchers for “Bright Star” used some of the same letters at Houghton to construct the scenes of dedication and love shared between Keats and Brawne in the English countryside. Even in the film, Director Jane Campion chose to let Keats’ prose take center stage. “Jane’s number one mantra throughout the pre-production process was to keep the visuals simple,” said the film’s cinematographer Greig Fraser said in an email interview. “I’m sure this was largely...
...Brawne read the poem “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” to each other. Houghton’s inscribed copy of Keat’s poem, “Lamia,” to Brawne certainly alludes to the possible ways the two romantics expressed their love through prose...
...think it personalizes the individual. Here’s an old book—it’s hard for people to connect to it. If you say here is a love letter he gave to his neighbor, it humanizes him. For people who live 200 years later, it is something they can connect with...